Clarion 1981-05-15 Vol 56 No 25

Homey Scandinavian panels designed by Pam Peterson warm Doc's corner (photo by Doug Barkey).
Doc's corner warms up with artistic design
LEARNING RESOURCE CENTER
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Three profs to refill
depleted Bible dept.
by Brad Nauman
The Biblical-theological
studies department has
announced the hiring of
three new teachers for the
1981-82 school year.
. John Herzog comes to
Bethel from Gordon Col-lege
in Boston, Mass.,
where he has taught for
many years. Herzog attend-ed
college at Wheaton Col-lege,
Wheaton, Ill. He re-ceived
his Ph.D. from Hart-ford
Seminary, Hartford,
Conn.
Herzog was named teach-er-
of-the-y'ear while teach-ing
at Gordon. Gordon Col-lege
is one of the most
highly respected Bible col-leges
in the U.S. •
At Bethel, Herzog will
teach "Introduction to Bib-lical
Studies," "Elemen-tary
Greek," and "Ad-vanced
Studies in New
Testament-Eschatology,"
the study of last things.
Wendell Anderson was
previously a Baptist Gen-eral
Conference missionary
to the Philippines. While
in the Philippines he served
as dean of the Cebu Semin-ary.
Anderson graduated
from Bethel College. He
went on to attend Fuller
Theological Seminary and
Princeton Theological Sem-inary.
At Bethel he will teach
two sections of "Introduc-tion
to Biblical Studies"
and "Studies in New
Testament-First Corin-thians."
Michael Holmes received
his undergraduate degree
from the University of
California-Santa Barbara.
He then attended Trinity
Theological Seminary and
is currently working on
his Ph.D. at Princeton
Theological Seminary. At
Princeton, he is working
under Bruce Metzger, one
of the leading Bible scho-lars
in the world.
Holmes will teach "In-troduction
to Biblical Stud-ies"
and "Studies In New
Testament."
Holmes' wife is current-ly
working on her Ph.D. in
business at Princeton, so
Holmes will not begin
teaching until spring sem-ester
next year.
These men will be re-placing
Cheryl Meltzer
Vernon Olson, Wayne Gru-den
and Walter Wessel who
will not be returning next
year.
Al Glenn, chairman of
the Biblical and theologi-cal
studies department,
attributed the high turn-over
in his department to
the fact that Bethel hires
very gifted scholars so
other schools recruit them
away from Bethel.
by Tim Wilbee
Over the years, the so-cial
enclave known as
Doc's corner has expand-ed
steadily; several weeks
ago, new additions of dec-orative
panels were in-stalled.
Pam Peterson,
painter in the maintenance
department, designed. the
panels and has been work-ing
on them this year. The
need for them arose when
cold drafts blew in from
open doors and down the
hallway past Roy Dalton's
popular "cookie store."
Dalton originally placed
plastic sheets in the hall-way
in an attempt to stop
the drafts, but the need for
a permanent block was
evident, and the mainten-ance
department was ask-ed
to come up with some-thing
more substantial. Pe-terson,
a 1979 art graduate
from Bethel, was asked to
design the panels.
"Having been a student
here," she said, "I know
what Doc's corner is
about." Given liberty to
vent her own creativity on
the project, she spent some
time deciding what to
paint on the panels. She
felt that due to the area's
wide exposure to people,
the designs should be ap-pealing
and acceptable to
a wide range of tastes. She
wanted something that
would also express the
whole idea of the "homey
feeling of Doc's," but yet
"something in which I
could hopefully express
some artistic ideas, pres-ent
something a little deep-er
than just a nice pretty
thing on th6 wall," she
said.
Peterson decided on de-signs
that would do all
this and have a Scandina-vian
accent besides. "I had
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Maintenance awakens to beep
The Visi-Com system alerts maintenance to problems with vital systems at Bethel before real
trouble begins (photo by Don Copeland).
by JoAnn Watkins
Over 10,000 feet of wire
and approximately 15 beep-ing
units make up what is
commonly referred to as
the beepers. The Visi-Com
system is part of an alert
system to problems on the
Bethel campus.
"All the vital s ystems
are hooked into this sys-tem,"
said Jim Woods, di-rec
tor of the physical
plant. He said someone is
on duty at all hours of the
'day and night to respond
to the alarm.
The system, installed in
1973, was designed and
installed by the mainte-nance
department. Woods
estimated this cost to be
one-tenth of the cost given
by outside contractors.
Electrician Harold Wat-kins
was one of the people
who developed the system.
Others involved in the de-velopment
include Reuben
Johnson, Stan Gunderson
and George Olson.
"It's security," said
Woods, "in the sense that
it protects human life and
protects human comfort.
It is also a savings in
manpower. We have con-tainment
of control in the
boiler room." Maintenance
can tell when a system
malfunctions.
Malfunctions in the aca-demic
buildings that can
be detected include the air
movement units for heat
and air conditioning, the
sewage lift stations and
the boiler. On the Visi-
Corn panel a light shows
the problem area. A con-nected
panel contains the
operating panel for air
movement units and al-lows
adjustments to be
made without a trip to the
roof.
The Visi-Com alarm will
sound with a boiler failure
at Nelson, Edgren, Bodien
or the seminary, Edgren
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Homosexual workshop emphasizes hope
Volume 56, Number 25
May 15, 1981
Bethel College
The Clarion is published weekly
by the students of Bethel College.
Editorial opinions are the sole
responsibility of the Clarion staff.
Letters are welcome, and must be
signed and delivered in P.O. 2381
by the Sunday before publication.
Joy Nannette Banta, editor
Jay Stuart Russell, associate editor
Sharie Goddard, news editor
Ellie Abbott, sports editor
Doug Barkey, photography editor
Mari Broman, copy editor
Art Gibbens, production editor
Suanne Hawkins, business manager
Patty Sutton, editorial assistant
JoAnn Watkins, staff writer
Naomi Ludeman, staff writer
Leann Kicker, staff writer
Beth Nystrom, graphics
Ted Lewis, columnist
Juan Ortiz, cartoonist
Kris Bratland, ad sales
We did it; we're done;
thank-you and farewell
Saying farewell has never been easy. This time it is
going to be even tougher. It seems like only yesterday
that the communications board was selecting the new
editor(s) for the 1980-81 schoolyear, and now our term
of office has expired.
We have had a good year. We have had a news-filled year,
a year that made it easy to put together newsworthy
accounts to fill twenty-five issues, seven of them 12-
pagers. There have been ups and downs, and we have
had our share of campus-stirring happenings. More
than once we did our "well-laid" plans take a 180-degree
turn as the fast-breaking news filtered in to our office.
This year's staff had several good acts to follow, and
we believe that we put on one of the best shows yet. We
couldn't have done it without help from students,
faculty, administration and staff. Thank you for your
cooperation, support, and criticism too.
There are awards of merit due to this editor's closest
and most capable assistants: Jay Russell, associate
editor and Shari Goddard, news editor, both graduating
seniors. Their patience and willing-to-work ways made
the job easier to handle. To Mari Broman, thanks for
catching all of our mistakes. To Ellie Abbott, your
ability to wring sports stories out of sports writers is amazing.
Our photography this year also deserves commen-dation:
Doug Barkey and Don Copeland never failed to
produce, in spite of the frustrations. Between the two of
them our photo spreads were never commonplace.
For fine efforts on production and graphics, Art
Gibbens and Beth Nystrom, we thank you. And our
three editorial assistants we never could have done
without: Patty Sutton, Leann Kicker and Naomi
Ludeman, the last two being next year's learning-fast-but-
well Clarion leaders.
Then there are all of the writers. Could we but name
them all. Your work will never be forgotten, and the
Clarion office typewriters will never be the same. .
One extra-special word of appreciation to our faculty
advisor, Mrs. M. (Alvera Mickelsen). She guided us from
novice uncertainty to knowledgable confidence. I
learned a lot, Mrs. M. Now we hand over our eraserless
pencils and. worn-ribboned typewriters to another
batch of beginners.
The Clarion stands as a sometimes shrill call, at other
times a mellow trumpeter. We have tried our best and
we hope have not been too hard on any one person or
group. Our controversy has been heated at times, but
then again our minds have not always been made up.
We apologize for hurt feelings, but we hope that Bethel
has become a better place because of our presence.
Bethel has its quirks, and so do the people in it; we
love it all, good, bad and indifferent. Nonetheless we
always hope for it to be something more.
No one wants to say good bye. It is hard to leave this
place; four years does something to a person. But, now
we go. Thanks. I almost wish I was a freshman again...
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editorial
Doc's
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many ideas of things I
wanted to do down there.
The first things that came
to my mind were things
that I'd do personally in
my own artwork. But then
I thought those images
wouldn't really be appro-priate
for the area.
"So I went with the idea
of quilts. Each quilt could
carry a specific idea that I
felt Doc's corner was
about," she explained.
The panels were finish-ed
in time for the "SkCina
Maj Valkommen" festivi-ties
May 1-2 and have been
placed. permanently at
Doc's corner.
by Naomi Ludeman
"You can share anything
but that you're a homo-sexual
or prostitute," said
Mary McGowan, who had
previously been involved
in homosexual activities.
McGowan was one of four
speakers at a three-hour
workshop dealing with
ministering to homosex-uals.
The workshop began
with two testimonies from
former homosexuals. Jeff
Ford, a 1979 Bethel gradu-ate
in psychology, was the
first to speak. The beard-ed
young man explained
that he was not born with
sexual tendencies toward
males. It was, instead,
being "set up with the in-securities
of being male
but not macho." Peers la-beled
him as a sissy and a
queer because he did not
do the socially-stereotyped
male activities. "We need
to be more tolerant of dif-ferences,
to allow people
to be who they are," said
Ford.
Ford told of the fears
and frustrations he expe-rienced
in dealing with his
homosexual activities and
fantasies and knowing
that it was wrong. "I used
to cry at night asking God
why I had the feelings I
had."
Even after becoming a
Christian and marrying he
still had to deal with the
homosexual fantasies.
When he came to Bethel
Ford went to Dave Ander-son,
professor of psychol-ogy,
for counseling. "I was
really scared and thought
they would kick me out of
Bethel. Dave said I was
the third person that se-mester
to come in for
homosexuality counsel-ing,"
said Ford. "People
were willing to stand by
me and talk to me. I con-tinue
to grow and strug-gle."
When Ford and his wife
Kathy were married, Ka-thy
did not know that Jeff
was a homosexual. "I
thought that being married
and involved in a hetero-sexual
relationship would
end my homosexual de-sires.
But, after about three
months of marriage, they
came back," said Ford. Ka-thy's
reaction to Jeff's
problem was loving and
supportive. "My wife stood
by me. She told me she
loved me and wanted to
work through the problem.
She gets frustrated at
times. She is a wonderful
woman."
Ford is presently direc-tor
of counseling at Out-post,
a counseling agency
for individuals who desire
to break with the gay life-style,
and an associate
staff member at the Cen-ter
for Christian Psycho-logical
Services (CCPS).
Doug Briggs, associate pro-fessor
of theatre arts, coun-sels
at Outpost. An-derson
counsels at CCPS.
McGowen was the sec-ond
to give her testimony.
She is presently the Direc-tor
of Free Life Ministries,
under the covering of Cath-edral
of Praise in Blooming-ton,
Minn., which also coun-sels
the homosexual.
The main thrust of the
workshop was how to min-ister
to homosexuals. Rob-bi
Kenney, director and
founder of Outpost, pres-ented
this part of the
workshop. Kenney's points
on how to minister to
homosexuals are: 1) ex-plain
that homosexual acts
and fantasizes are sin, 2)
There is hope for change
through Christ, 3) It is not
an easy road to change, 4)
The objective is to point to
Jesus Christ for a cleans-ing—
not necessarily to
have normal hetffosexual
relationships. "The oppo-site
of homosexuality is
not heterosexuality, but
responsible sexuality,"
said Kenney. "We need a
rethinking -of sexuality.
Ford said, "Lusting after
women is no better than
lusting after men."
Kenney emphasized the
need to tell of hope to the
homosexual. "Homosexu-als
know the verses in the
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Twenty-nine sixth graders met their Silvercrest pen pals for lunch and a tour of the campus April 23.
Senate's new Inside/Out project
makes a slow start, then flops Bethel Budget
Revenue Expenditures Athletics compete
for budget monies
Correction
In the article concerning a recent sexual
assault on campus, reference was made to other
rapes of Bethel students. That information,
attributed to Tom Correll, refers to interviews
Correll has had with students about rape. The
acts themselves did not necessarily occur this
year or on this campus.
Page 3
Pen pals meet,
enjoy friendships
Since September, 29
sixth graders have been
exchanging weekly letters
with students at Bethel
College, but until April 23
many of the children had
not met their college pen
pals. The group of 58 met
together on the Bethel
campus for lunch, and the
college students gave the
children a tour of the
college.
This pen pal program
was organized by Kirstie
Dye, Silvercrest resident
director and elementary
school teacher in Brook-lyn
Center. She paired off
her sixth grade students
with the college students
in the apartment to give
her young students an op-portunity
to communicate
with someone they didn't
know, develop their writ-ing
abilities and meet some
emotional needs in a friend-ship.
She delivers the let-ters
and encourages the
pen pals to visit each
other, attend athletic
events or meet for meals.
"It's been fun for me to
be an older brother. I'm
the youngest son in my
family," said Joel Kraake-vik,
sophomore. "We plan
to keep in contact with
each other," said sopho-more
Tammy Engel, who
has enjoyed taking her pen
pal out to eat and to
hockey games.
A young project of the
'80-'81 Senate died vir-tually
unnoticed, willing
60 per cent of its holdings
to increase inside Bethel
security, and 40 per cent
to four organizations out-side
of Bethel. Some may
now recall Project Inside/
Out.
The senate designed the
project with specific goals
to meet inside needs at
Bethel such as an increase
of security and a clay jog-ging
trail. Some less spe-cific
goals but not less im-portant,
were aimed at or-ganizations
outside of Be-
Workshop
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Bible that abominate their
sin, but don't know about
verses of hope. They see
only condemnation."
Kenny and Chaplain
Joan Conrad from Ramsey
County Jail both discussed
the patience needed to
disciple with the homo-sexual.
"We must be wil-ling
to stand by them, to
be loving, to go the second
mile, to be patient. We
must be willing to accept
them as the first-class hu-man
beings that they are,"
said Conrad. "They were
made in God's image too.
We want to be understand-ing
and not offensive. But
we must stand by the word
of God."
A panel discussion with
Jeff Ford is being sched-uled
for next fall at Bethel.
thel, such as Young Life
and an inner city organi-zation.
The life of the project
itself was quite dependent
on support from both in-side
and outside from the
senate and outside from
the student body. That
support was insufficient,
and therefore the Inside/
Out Project folded and
has been put in the drawer
labelled, "Needing Funds
and Foresight."
In the first semester of
its life (Fall, 1980), Project
Inside/Out was nurtured
by Dave Lucas, Caryl
Brown and the other sen-ate
members. They in turn
introduced it to the stu-dent
body. The project was
Maintenance
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and Bodien are also con-nected
to the system for
low temperatures in water
heaters, roof fan shut-down,
freezing of roof
units and a fire alarm. The
fire alarm may be shut off
in the dorm but a light
remains lit on the panel
until maintenance investi-gates
the problem.
It is the responsibility
of the college maintenance
and cleaning crew to re-
. spond to the beeping
alarm. The alarm can only
be shut off on the panel in
the boiler room. Using a
code of short and long
beeps the department is
not budgeted, so it depend-ed
on the students for its
sustenance. The projected
goal was $30,000.00. Not
even $2,000.00 was pro-vided.
Funds received
came from the "garage
sales" held in the listening
room, and the "ROCKY"
movie night.
According to senate
member Larus Maxwell,
other similar fundraisers
were scheduled for nearly
every month. Due to com-plications
with scheduling
and problems of planning,
only a few of those antici-pated
ever made it to the
poster boards or Bethel
Bulletin.
Maxwell said that pro-jects
like Inside/Out re-able
to signal to a specific
employee that he is needed
in the shop. Wiring in each
of the trouble sites allows
maintenance to plug tele-phones
for direct Com-munication
while working
on problems.
The beepers, which go
On about three or four
times a week, save time
and work for the mainte-nance
department by lo-cating
the source of the
trouble, as in the case of
the air units, allowing it to
be corrected from the boil-er
room. The alarms report
trouble at the first sign,
allowing corrections to
begin before people are
even aware of the problem.
quire much planning. On-ly
three of the senators
involved had experience
from previous years to
help them know how to
plan. Furthermore, lack of
communication between
Project Inside/Out and the
Campus Coordinators com-plicated
the scheduling of
many fundraisers.
With this rather discour-aging
start, growth of the
project was stunted, and
plans for the future were
put on hold. Just recently,
the senate made decisions
concerning the allocation
of funds that were re-ceived.
As in the original
plans, 60 per cent of the
funds was allocated to
"inside" projects, and 40
per cent to "outside" pro-jects.
The original plan includ-ed
the building of a clay
jogging trail on campus
and the purchase of a
Kushman Kart for in-creased
security on cam-pus.
Also, the project plan-ned
to contribute to sev-eral
organizations outside
of Bethel.
by Jay Stuart Russell
Budget,
part 8 in a series of 8.
At first glance, the
budget for organized acti-vities
expenditures would
seem to spend much more
money on the male athlete
than it does on the indi-vidual
female athlete, by a
$137,000 to $40,000 mar-gin.
But according to
Mack Nettleton, director
of student affairs, the mo-nies
allocated comply
with title nine legislation.
Title nine is the federal
legislation requiring
equal treatment in all
school activities, includ-ing
athletics. (Organized
activities are just one of a
multi-faceted "other
sources" area of the Bethel
budget.)
"We've done an exten-sive
study on this," said
Nettleton. The difference
between the amounts of
money spent on men's and
women's sports account
for the fact that we have
more male participants
than female. We spend
just as much per partic-ipant
for women's sports
than we do in men's
sports.
Ten men's sports and
six women's sports corn-pete
for monies:
Men's sports
Baseball $9956
Basketball 22,171
Football
Golf
47, 2225709
Tennis 2600
Track 12,155
Cross Country 4920
Wrestling 9870
Soccer 6185
Hockey 19,880
Women's sports
Basketball
Cross Country
Softball
Track
Tennis
Volleyball
$8400
3650
4730
10,534
3000
9453
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Alice Johnson, 1911 Bethel alumna (photo by Doug Barkey).
1971 Bethel graduate Rick Berggren (photo by Joy Banta).
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by Joy Nannette Banta
"It is hard to remember
back that many years ago,"
she said. And indeed it
would be. Alice Johnson
graduated from Bethel Aca-demy
April 10, 1911. To
find a graduate from that
class was exciting, as Alice
is the only member of the
class still living. And live
she does.
Only three and a half
months short of being 89
years old, Alice appears
not a day over 65. She
lives in the Presbyterian
Home on Lake Johanna,
where she remains active
11111MINI
by Joy Nannette Banta
He hadn't planned on
staying. He only came for
two years and then was
going back to his native
California, but he found
his "niche at Bethel."
Rick Berggren "enjoyed
the atmosphere" at Bethel
and decided to stay, gra-duating
in 1971.
"I was involved in a num-ber
of things—student as-sociation,
lettermen's club,
Lamb's players, track—and
I really developed as a
in the Home's activities.
Her church home of 75
years is Trinity Baptist. "I
was baptized in February
of 1906," said Alice, and
she has been active ever
since.
There were eleven stu-dents
in the class of 1911.
"Nine boys and two girls,"
Alice said. Later-to-be-pres-ident
of the college Henry
Wingblade was one of the
teachers at the academy,
and "Freda Swanson was
our German teacher,"
Alice said with a reminis-cent
smile.
"We sat on boxes in the
classroom," she said, be-cause
they didn't have any
desks and chairs yet—the
school was still young. Ac-cording
to Alice, "the
school was surrounded by
woods then. It was not so
built up as it is now."
Alice recalls riding the
street car from her home
to school every day. The
academy was then located
on Carter Avenue in St.
Paul.
Alice did not receive a
degree from the academy;
the school was not a col-lege,
per se, then. "I re-person,"
said Rick. He be-lieved
that he developed
his abilities to a greater
degree at Bethel than he
would have had he gone to
a bigger school, such as
California State-Berkeley,
where he intended to
transfer.
Rick doesn't believe that
dedicating himself to four
years of liberal arts col-lege
was a drawback, as
the tendency was to en-courage
specialization in
business at the time. He
received his B.A. in speech-communication,
and when
he went out job hunting, he
insisted that he was trai-nable,
even though he
didn't have a business de-gree.
And it worked. Rick is
presently employed as a
manufacturing representa-tive
for Allied Manufac-turing.
He represents 12 to
15 different manufacturers
of consumer electronics.
He has been in that posi-tion
for only two months,
but prior to that he worked
in retailing for seven years
ceived a diploma, but not
degree," she said. And
graduation ceremonies
were held at Bethlehem
Baptist, where Reverend
Bodien (as in the dorm!)
pastored.
Alice's husband Arthur
died only two months ago,
leaving an empty bed in
their comfortable room at
the Home. Alice spoke
with tears in her eyes of
the almost 63 years she
and Arthur were married.
They have one son, Allen,
who attended Bethel and
then went on to the Uni-versity
of Minnesota.
Allen has one daughter,
Pam, and one son, Bradley,
who is a 1978 Bethel grad-uate.
Alice was obviously
proud of her grandchild-ren,
as well she might be.
Pam attended the Univer-sity
of Minnesota, then Be-thel
Seminary and finally
Yale, where she received
two degrees and is now
working on her disserta-tion
for her doctorate in
Old Testament studies.
Pam also married the chap-lain
at Yale, who is now
the director of ministries
of the New England Bap-and
import/export trade
for two.
Going to school in the
late '60s and early '70s
fOund students in the mid-dle
of the Vietnam war,
draft and registration,
ecolOgy and earth concerns,
the Jesus People movement
and minority enrollment.
It was an exciting time to
be in college, according to
Rick.
"As a Christian college,
Bethel struggled with in-volvement
in the war,"
said Rick. The students
were pulled toward paci-fism,
on one hand, and a
desire to protect what they
felt was right. "There were
protests up and down
Snelling Avenue, people
were writing conscientious-objector
papers and some
people took off fdr Can-ada,"
he said.
Rick was involved in
numerous activities, but
particularly in sports. He
was either participant or
spectator at most sporting
events. "I went to every
Bethel football game that
tist Student Ministries.
Bradley, a former busi-ness
administration ma-jor,
is now working as
the vice-president of his
grandfather's company,
Pefco, Inc., an architectur-al
paneling and porcelain-enameled
products pro-ducer.
Arthur Johnson
turned his business over
to his son Allen who is
now president of the cor-was
at home or in the vic:
inity," he said. But in four
years of college Rick never
saw Bethel win. They only
won two or three games
during those years, and
those games were all away.
Married since 1972, Rick
and his wife Diane just
had a baby boy April 13.
He weighed ten pounds,
poration.
Alice worked closely
with her husband to devel-op
their company wich has
grown considerably in
both size and production
capabilities. But Alice ne-ver
worked outside of the
home, finding her place ahs
mother, wife and home-maker.
Now she carries on
in that capacity, keeping
house herself at the Home.
one ounce and was 23
inches long. "He's a big
boy," said Rick.
Diane listened while
Rick discussed his life at
Bethel and commented, "It
sounds like everything you
did. at Bethel was all so-ciak
nothing academic."
Riclereplied, "I did fine."
And that he did, devel-
"They come in and vacuum
once a week," she said.
Alice and Arthur have
supported Bethel for many
years. Their reason: "It's a
good Christian school."
Alice believes that Bethel
is a good school. Referring
to her own class, Alice
said in her warm-humored
way, "We all made it any-way."
()ping relationships that he
finds long-lasting. "We
still get together with
people from school. Three
other guys and I get to-gether
on Saturdays in the
summer and play golf," he
said. "There is a special
bond because of Christ.
It's neat. There is very
special relationship."
70s' campus struggles in a time of protest
Carl Wahl. 1921 Bethel alumnus (photo by Doug Barkey).
Students older
in post-WWI,I era
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c\I 1111 Road to dream begins at Bethel
by Shari Goddard
When Carl Wahl was
four, he walked through a
garden with his father.
"Are you going to be gar-dener
when you grow up?"
his father asked.
"No, I'm going to be a
doctor," the child answer-ed.
But, seventy-seven years
ago that dream was impos-sible
in Sweden. Although
his family lived com fort ab-
1•1101111111
by Joy Nannette Banta
There might not be any-thing
significant about not
getting married, but when
you meet the girl of your
dreams and can't get mar-ried,
the situation takes on
new meaning. Alrik Blom-quist
thought the most mem-orable
experience of his
years at Bethel was find-ing
his wife.
But they couldn't get
married. Why? The school
said "No." Alrik Blom-quisl
graduated from Beth-el
in 1941, and at that time
you couldn't get married
while you were a student.
It was a requirement of
the college and seminary.
"The lifestyle was much
stricter then," said Alrik.
"The rules were more
stringent, but they didn't
really lie us down," he
ly as farmers, the Wahls
did not have the money to
send a child further than
the public school's sixth
grade. "I had absolutely
no chance to do anything
in Sweden," Wahl said. So,
at 18, he came to America.
One and a half years af-ter
joining six relatives in
the U.S., 'Wahl started on
the road to his dream by
enrolling in Bethel Acade-my.
He graduated in 1921
and went on to Macalester
College and the Universi-ty
of Minnesota medical
school-.
"A.J. Wingblade, then
professor at Bethel Aca-demy,
called me one day,"
Wahl said. Fifty dollars
had been anonymously do-nated
to the school toward
Wahl's tuition. It was not
until years later that he
found the doner had been
his aunt, a surgical nurse.
added. He thought that
Bethel was great, and not
being able to get married
right away was not a big
problem.
Bethel was considerably
smaller in the early 1940s.
"There were about 180
students in the college and
seminary," said Alrik.
There were only 13 in his
seminary graduating class.
(Bethel was a junior col-lege,
with a seminary, at
the time. He attended the
college for two years and
then went on to the semi-nary
for three years.)
In spite of its small size
the college had developed
a newspaper—the Clarion.
a yearbook—the Spire,
conference-competitive
baseball and basketball
teams, and a 28-voice male
chorus. Alrik involved
himself in all of these
things.
Upon graduating with a
bachelor's degree in theol-ogy,
Alrik joined the Ar-my.
After three years of
active duty. in World War
II Alrik joined the reserves
as chaplain, where he
served for another 30
years, retiring in 1976 as a
colonel.
"Bethel had a tremendous
impact on me," Wahl said.
"You were accepted and
treated like human beings."
Especially important to
him were the Wingblades,
H.C. and A.1.1 felt toward
those Wingblades as I did
toward my own father.
They were Bethel," he said.
Then these two friends
kept in close touch with
Wahl and he became their
physician.
For the sixty years since
his graduation, Wahl has
kept in close contact with
the school. He served on
the board for several
years, including when
members decided to buy
the new campus.
When discussing growth
at Bethel, Wahl said, "I
think 'Isn't that wonder-ful?'
God must have liked
it, because He sure let it
grow."
As a conference Baptist,
Bethel was the logical
place for Alrik to go to
school, once he had decid-ed
to go into the ministry.
"Bethel is (and was) a good
training school," he said.
To reaffirm his desires
to enter the ministry Alrik
spent two summers work-ing
on the mission field in
northern Minnesota, work-ing
with both Indians and
whites. "I felt that two
years up there were an'
influence on my feelings
that the ministry was what
I wanted," he said.
Since then he has had
four pastorates, three in
Minnesota and one in
Iowa. He gives Bethel cre-dit
for his preparation for
the ministry: "I appreciate
the training I got there."
Alrik's wife, the Bethel
girl he finally got to mar-ry,
Harriette (Fossum),
graduated from Bethel af-ter
completing the Chris-tian
education course.
They have two children, a
boy and girl.
Alrik got to know not
only Harriette at Bethel.
"We got to know every-body,"
he said. "I thought
it was great." Bethel has
been "people" for a long
time.
When looking back on
what he has accomplished
since graduation from Be-thel,
Wahl is satisfied. He
specialized in surgery and
obstetrics and has deliver-ed
over 1800 babies. He
and his wife Julia have
raised three children of
their own.
"I've been happy all my
life in what I've been do-ing.
Some of the things
I've done to be able to do
things (like working long
hours during school) have
been tough," he added.
"Bethel, basically, is the
same as before. But there
have been changes in edu-cation
and lifestyle. I still
believe Bethel is a place
where God is placed first.
I've had no reason to
change that." Ira=
r11111=11
by Shari Goddard
While 1951 graduate Win-ifred
McClure enjoys search-ing
for her family's roots,
she does not neglect the
future. Her first grandson,
19-month-old David, re-cently
spent a weekend
with grandparents Mc-
Clure and her husband
Harold. "He ran us ragged
Winifred McClure, 1951 Bethel
alumna.
all weekend," McClure
said, chuckling.
McClure decided to come
to Bethel to get the Bible
courses necessary for mis-sionary
work. "I had first
thought about going to a
Bible school," she said. Her
pastor instead suggested
Bethel.
Though she never did
get to the Philippines as
she had planned, she does
not regret four years of a
liberal arts education. "I
was a much broader per-son
because of all that ex-posure
to different fields
and experiences," McClure
said.
"I came from a non-Chris-tian
home," she said, add-ing
that the people she met
at Bethel helped broaden
and strengthen her Chris-tian
stand.
"I have a feeling that
Bethel moves a lot faster
than it did when I was
there," McClure said, re-flecting
on the changes
since her graduation. Since
office information is now
on computers, she said, "It
used to take longer before
things could be done." She
said she remembers hear-ing
when TV was first being
tested. "We just couldn't
believe it."
McClure waited five
years after graduation
from high school before
she went on to college.
Since she came immediate-ly
after World War II,
however, she was only one
of many other older stu-dents
on campus. The col-lege
did not offer all of the
Bible courses she needed,
so she took some classes
at the seminary—then on
the same campus.
"I remember one time
when Dr. Lundquist was a
guest speaker," McClure
said, "He had a great im-pact
on the campus." She
said the one thing she
wished she had done, but
did not have time for, was
sing in one of the choirs. A
part-time job and busy
classes schedule kept her
from that goal.
The McClure's spend
time traveling all over the
country "digging up the
family history." She and
her sister started the hob-by
after their mother's
death. When they disco-vered
an ancestor who
fought in the American
Revolution Washington at
Valley Forge), McClure
joined the Daughters of
the American Revolution.
"If I didn't work, I'd spend
all of my time working on
my family history. But you
have to eat," she said.
More features
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40s lifestyle stricter,
Bethel training good
Photo essay by Doug Barkey and Don Copela nd.
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The way it was...1977.
***:
Quick dive into an overflowing creek...1980
I have been able to integrate my education, specifi-cally
in biochemistry concerning DNA replication in
bacteria and viruses, with the four years that I have
spent on this campus. I have decided that Bethel is like a
virus, because even though you may not appreciate or
desire its presence in your life...it kind of grows on you.
Todd Magnuson I I I
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P A
My college experience
has been like a child's ini-tial
step. As an insecure
freshman I came to explore
the new world around me.
Even though I wanted to
get my hands into every-thing.
I hesitated to let go
of a' newly found friend's
hand for fear that I would
fall.
When I released myself
from her grasp, my falls
became painful, but,
through encouragement
from peers and instruc-tors,
I could stand. Once
standing became the norm,
I was able to stabilize
myself in my opinion and
walk forth with dignity.
Although life allows me to
fall, my Bethel experience
has taught to pick myself
up off the ground and
walk!
Julie Reden baugh I I Leaving Bethel this spring has been an event that I
have long anticipated. The closer the time comes (nine
days from the date of this paper), the anticipation is
growing into uncontrollable excitement. Three finals,
and I will be an official college graduate (only to start a
graduate program).
I have experienced growing pains while here at
Bethel. I have begun to realize the complexities of this
world and the awesome task of creating my role in it. I
am thankful for the guidance of the faculty members I
have studied under, but I am even more grateful for the
encouragement and tools they have provided me with 11
to explore my tradition and the world around me.
Bethel is a starting point, an institutions to train the
mind to discover the world and my relation to it.
Becky Dye
Loser's Lament
There once was at Bethel a freshman
Who said of the women, "I'll get one!"
He ended up losing
The girl of his choosing
Deciding instead he would have fun.
Pursuing the pleasure he yearned for
Made studying hard for this sophomore.
He said at exam time,
"I must find the right line.
To use to escape this most dread chore."
Surprising himself that he made it
To a third year—his hopes weren't yet faded.
He once tried to study
' told by a -buddy
That his brain wouldn't work if you paid it.
Reviewing his school with sorrow.
With commencement commencing tomorrow:
"You should do with your time
More than I've done with mine"
Was his sage advice we all can borrow.
—Jonathan Yahn
L 0 0 N
B A C
I can't believe how quickly these past four years at
Bethel have raced by. It seems like yesterday was
Welcome Week and I had just started college life, with
my numerous expectations and endless anticipation. I
have greatly appreciated the growth which has come
through the struggles, relationships, and the challenges
available here.
Bethel isn't perfect, and a lot needs to change, but
what I'd really like to say is that we often times forget
that Bethel has got a lot going for it, that we have
opportunities here not found elsewhere, and as a part of
this community we too have a lot going for us. I'm proud
to have been a part of Bethel.
Caryl Brown
,70 ES
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Bethel bus in 80s
beats 30s streetcars
11' Overcrowded housing
a problem in 60s, too
111.1.11.1
by Jay Stuart Russell
Bethel students in 1981
may complain about tak-ing
the Bethel bus to school,
but in 1931 it was the
streetcar for many stu-dents.
Maureen Hedland,
1931 Bethel graduate, was
one student who took the
streetcar to school to what
was then Bethel Academy,
"I lived at home with
my parents then—the
school didn't have dormi-tory
housing for us." Mau-reen
said she took the
street car or the city buses
to school, and walked part
of the way. She went to
Edison High School in Min-neapolis
for three years,
then transferred to Bethel
her senior year.
"All the classes were
held in the school building
on the southwest side of
the campus. I used to get
the giggles in my short-hand
class, and the class
couldn't go on until I quit
giggling," she said. "Our
teacher used to play these
Swedish marches when we
typed," she said, laughing.
"I took commercial
courses so I could make a
living when I graduated."
Jobs were almost non-exis-tent
then. The depression
had brought on hard times,
and I had a hard time find-ing
a job iifter high school."
see page 11
by Jay Stuart Russell
Overcrowding and lack
of housing have been a
Bethel tradition through-out
the 70s, ever since Be-thel
relocated to its pres-ent
Arden Hills campus,
but the situation was the
same when 1961 Bethel
graduate Philip Peterson
started school at Bethel:
three students to a room in
double occupancy rooms.
"Bethel was expanding
the dormitories on old
campus, and the exten-sions
weren't finished
when I started school in
1957," Phil said. Both the
college and seminary were
located on old campus,
with additions being built
on Bodien and Elgin
dorms.
Phil said the Bodien ex-pansion
housed the new
cafeteria, and until con-struction
was finished a
few months later, students
ate at Bethel's temporary
cafeteria across the st reel,
in a building on the state
fairgrounds.
Student enrollment was
near the 500-mark when
he began school at Bethel.
"That was the pre-Viet=
nam, pre-civil rights era;
we had no major causes
On campus then. The
beatnik generation was
just getting- started." He
said the national issue
which stuck out in his
mind the most were the
Nixon-Kennedy debates,
and the election of 1960.
Phil said attitudes tow-ard
movies changed rather
abruptly while he was at
Bethel. "People spoke in
whispered tones about
going to movies when I
first started school in '57.
But by the time I was a
senior, professors were
speaking about them in
classes, suggesting good
movies for students to
see."
"We had our pranks,
too," he added. "A couple
of guys took all the furni-ture
out of Ekren and re-established
the lounge on
the dorm's roof. A few
other students took all the
cafeteria trays and hid
them for a few days. It
was a little inconvenient
for a while."
Phil said he was presi-dent
of his senior class
and chairman of the home-coming
committee while
at Bethel, and ran track
and football. He majored
in sociology, with a minor
in political science. He is
currently vice-president of
an organization which coun-sels
mental health and
chemical dependency pa-
Margaret Lundholm, 1931 Bethel graduate (photo by Doug tients.
Barkey).
WildHoney and Camel Hair A A%
by Ted Lewis
"All right. So you say you believe that Jesus Christ
lived, was crucified and rose from the dead, do you?"
"Ya, that's right."
"Words. Words! That's all."
"No it's not. I believe those things really happened in
history."
"Okay then. Events. Events! What of it?
"Well, for one thing, when you believe in those events,
they change your life."
"Change is right. It screws up your head. Man,
compared to the rest of us Americans, you Christians
don't live any different."
"That's not true. Christians are supposed to live
differently than others and set good examples."
"Supposed to? The only thing that makes you Chris-tians
different is your jargon. And you hang around in
groups of people who know the jargon."
"We need each other, that's why. As we learn to be
unified in love, we can better reach out to help others."
"Words. Words! Listen, until I see it with my own
eyes, you're no different than anyone else in our
country."
*****
The safest chameleon is the one which best blends
into its leafy surroundings, so as to not be noticed. The
safest Christians are the ones who best blend into their
cultural surroundings.
And let's face it. Who wants to be eaten up? To keep
safe, we have to live in ways so as to not be noticed.
But if we do such, let's stop fooling ourselves in
thinking we're different because we're Christians. For
example, if we espouse the American drive for af-fluence
and undisturbed self-fulfillment, we value
earthly treasurers instead of eternal treasures. Our
hearts, which reside in the things we value, are just as
earth-bound as most Americans.
How we invest our energies will show the things we
value. As we approach our futures, do we prepare for
vocations which best allow us to give help to the needs
of society? To what extent do we invest our energies
in matters of eternal significance beyond temporal
concerns?
How is it that we can live like Americans and still call
ourselves different? It's because we say we believe in
the truth of the gospel. But I'm skeptical here. The
reason we can blend into our culture is because we hold
false conceptions of truth and belief.
We learn things from sermons and books and say we
know - truth. And then we nod our heads 'yes' to the
truth and say we believe. And then we're satisfied.
The Biblical picture of truth and belief, however, is
quite different. The emphasis is on 'doing' truth to know
it. And for such truth to be practiced, our believing
must go beyond nodding our heads to bear upon our
choices.
Going back to laying up earthly or eternal treasures.
If we believe in eternal life by merely nodding our
heads, our lives won't he changed. Despite what we say
with Mil' mouths, we will still value temporal ful-fillment
above all else.
But if we believe in eternal life by letting such a hope
grip our lives, we will be changed. Such a heart-felt
belief will free us up to invest our energies into helping
people who desperately need help. It allows us to
display love, the summation of truth lived out, and
thereby make us attractively different in our society.
"If any of us has material possessions and sees others
in need but has not compassion for them, how can the
love of God be in us? Lel us not love with words or
longue but with actions and in truth. This ihen is how
we know that we belong to 1 he truth .. .."
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The Bethel copy service offers diversified service for Bethel, the seminary and local colleges (photo by Don Copeland).
Bethel groundsman Ron Sprecher presented Bethel with a chain
saw last week. Directoi of Physical Plant Jim Woods gladly
received the gift (photo by Doug Barkey).
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up a night class or two.
Olson started working
in February, taking over
the. service previously su-pervised
by Judy Jensen.
She was supervisor this
past fall and interim.
"Jensen instituted a lot
of new policies that at first
received a few complaints
but now have made the
copy service a more effi-cient
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He said, "If people only
knew the amount of mater-ial
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it would surprise them.
There is usually a build-up
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The copy service, using
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Olson also said he has
moved up to 18,000 pounds
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Olson and his staff serve
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special problems, special
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"Paul Drake, who is in
charge of auxiliary enter-prises,
which includes the
food service and copy ser-vice,
has been trying to
upgrade the rating of the
supervisory position in the
copy service for the past
few years," said Olson.
By next fall the copy ser-vice
should have leased
what is called the Xerox
9500. This is a machine
that will bring up the copy-ing
to a superb quality.
The machine is more com-plex
and has a built-in corn-puter
to diagnose any prob-lem
it might have. It will
also reduce copying time.
Olson said, "I like work-ing
at Bethel because the
atmosphere is good. All the
students that work for me
are super and can handle
most any problem that
comes up."
by Ellie Abbott
The women's soccer
team finished its first sea-son
with an impressive
showing at I he University
of Minnesota tournaments.
The women played three
games on Saturday losing
to Gustavus, 2-1, and to the
University of Minnesota,
3-0. Bul, in the third
game of the (lay, they came
back and (lumina I ed
Luther College to win the
game, 3-1.
Sunday, the Royals de-feated
Augsburg and won
by forfeit over St. Cloud.
Coach Tom Persico re-flected
on the first season
with optimistic thoughts
and said, "I was extremely
pleased with their pro-gress,
especially towards
the end of the season and
into the tournament. They
dominated and intimidated
their opponents very well.
I am really looking for-ward
to next year and hope
I ha I everyone will return."
from page 10
Maureen said she eventu-ally
landed a job at Day-ton's.
Were the classes hard?
"I got good marks at Edi-son
and at Bethel, too, but
Henry (Wingblade) was a
low marker. He always
gave me "C" pluses." Wing-blade
taught English at
Bethel Academy.
"I remember one stu-dent,"
Maureen said, "who
by Ellie Abbott
The men's track team
finished the season with a
fine performance by plac-ing
fifth out of nine teams
Women's- track,
from page 12
Bethel was ranked eighth
going into the tournament.
Bethel's number one sin-gles
player Kathy Lee,
freshman, was seeded
fourth. Lee advanced to
the semi-finals and was
defeated by a second-seed-ed
Gustavus woman in
two, 6-3 and 6-2.
Lee said, "It was a tough
match; it was a surprise to
get invited to the tourna-ment,
and it would have
been an upset to beat her."
Sara Runion won in the
first round, as did the Lee-
Runion doubles team. Kris
Back I uncl was also success-ful
in the first round.
wanted to borrow his pen,
and said to Henry, "I'd
borrow your pen, but all it
will write is "C" plus.' He
was a superb teacher,
though," she added.
Forty students graduat-ed
from Bethel Academy
in 1931. "The graduation
ceremony was held at
Elim Baptist, my home
church," she said.
Not only have the corn
mencement exercises
in the MIAC last weekend.
Hamline won the meet and
its eighth straight MIAC
track championship with
190 points.
Senior Paul Otto broke
a conference record in the
100-meter dash, taking
first place with a time of
10.87. Otto also won the
200-meter dash clocked at
22.47.
The 440-relay team, con-sisting
of Jay Constable,
Tim Snyder, Mike Dirks
and Otto, placed third.
The mile-relay team of
Tom Plocker, Dave Jorgen-son,
Don Hauser and Mike
Dirks, also placed third.
In the field events, Ken
Cooper threw the javelin
190 feet, capturing second
place. Sophomore Jason
Velgersdyk took sixth
changed since 1931, but -
the school work was dif-ferent,
too. "We had Sun-days
and Mondays off, but
went to school Tuesday
through Saturday."
Maureen said her most
vivid memory at Bethel
was the fun she had.
"I sang in the chorus
and liked to ,9,o - to chapel. I
made quite A few friends.
and still have many of
those friendships today."
place in the high jump.
Coach Dave Anderson
was satisfied with his
team's performance and
commented, "The best we
could have done was fifth
place, and we took fifth
place, so I was pleased
with our performance."
The Royals had a young
track team this year, but
efforts paid off. Reflecting
on the season, Coach An-derson
said, "I do believe
our team attitude was
good, and, given the talent
we had, we reached our
optimal level of perfor-mance.
In that respect, we
had a satisfactory season.
We have certain goals
which we would like to
reach next year, so I am
looking forward to that."
Olson copies Bethe
with staff of five
Bethany Baptist Church
Cleveland and Skillman Avenues, Roseville, Mn
Worship Service at 11:00 AM
Sunday School at 9:30 AM (Special College-age)
Evening Service at 6:00 PM Church Telephone
631-0211 Dr. Millard Erickson
Bethel Seminary Professor
Interim Pastor
Trackmen end 5th of MIAC
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Sension, Otto chosen as Clarion Athletes of the Year
by Ellie Abbott
The Clarion staff is
pleased to congratulate
Debra Sension, female ath-lete
of the year.
Athletics have always
been an important part of
Sension's life. During high
school, she participated in
volleyball and spring track
for four years.
When she came to Bethel,
she decided to attempt a
new sport, so she began
her four-year basketball
career. Sension played for-ward
and was captain of
the team her junior year.
Basketball coach Marcia
LaRock reflected upon the
years she has coached Sen-sion,
saying, "Deb began
playing basketball her
freshman year with no ex-perience,
and it is amazing
how far she has come along
in four years. She has been
a valuable member of the
team."
During Sension's fresh-man
year at Bethel, she
was positioned as short-stop
on the softball team,
but her heart was still in
track. For the next three
years she was an extreme-ly
active member of the
track team.
Sension holds the Be-thel
outdoor high jump
record and shares the in-door
high jump record. She
also holds the heptathlon
record. The heptathlon
consists of seven events:
100-meter hurdles, shot-put,
discus, high jump,
long jump, 200-meter run
and 800-meter run. Sen-sion
placed in the heptath-
Ion at the state meet this
year.
Although she is active
in athletics at Bethel, Sen-sion
is also busy in aca-demics.
She is a biology
and physical education
major and has been a student
trainer this year, in addi-tion
to her heavy schedule.
In addition to Sension's
four-year involvement in
the athletic program at Be-thel,
she has represented
Bethel well. Her dedica-tion,
loyalty and Christian
spirit has set a fine exam-
. pie for other athletes both
at Bethel and competing
schools.
Congratulations, Deb!
Senior Deb Sension has been dedicated to basketball for four years, softball for one year, and track
for three years (photo by Don Copeland).
by Ellie Abbott
Senior Paul Otto re-ceives
the congratulations
of the Clarion staff as the
male athlete of the year.
Sprinting specialist Paul
Otto began his track ca-reer
in high school where
he participated in track
for four years. He still
holds the state high school
record in the 220 yard dash
(21.7).
Otto began college at
the University of Iowa and
transferred as a biology
major to Bethel his sopho-more
year. Since then he
has been a member of the
Bethel track team and was
voted as captain this year.
Otto holds a total of
eight Bethel records for
indoor and outdoor track.
His records include a time
of 10.65 in the 100-meter
dash, 18.3 in the 176-me-ter
dash and 21.45 in the
200-meter dash, which is
also a conference record.
Otto holds records in
the 300-meter and 300-
yard dash records at 36.5
and 31.5 seconds, in the
400-meter in the 48.5 sec-conds
and in the indoor 440-
yard run in 50.9 seconds.
He is a member of the 440-
relay team which also
holds a Bethel record.
Although the track sea-son
does not begin until
January, Otto trains dur-ing
the fall in preparation
for track. Otto does have a
natural ability, but his dil-igence
and devotion to
track pays off.
Track Coach Dave An-derson
has enjoyed work-ing
with Otto and believes
he has been a good leader
for the team. He said, "Paul
has provided a positive
leadership for a team that
is predominantly fresh-man
and sophomores. He
was a leader who served .
for the team, which is what
a good captain should do.
Paul has been a success in
track, but, most important,
I am pleased that Paul will
be a success in life. He has
been good for the track
program, and the track
program has been good for
him; this is a beautiful
relationship."
Congratulations, Paul! Senior Paul Otto broke a conference meet record in the 100 meter dash last Saturday with a blazing
time of 10.65 (photo by Don Copeland).
B-B ends building year with 13-16 record
by Mark Wollan
The Bethel baseball team
finished its 1981 season
last week with four tough
losses. In spite of the Roy-als'
difficult finish, there
were many individual
achievements which reflect
an overall successful sea-son.
Junior shortstop Bob
Giddings' performance
was an indication of where
the Royals intend to go as
they establish themselves
as a power in the MIAC.
Giddings went four for
four in the first game on
Thursday against Minne-sota-
Morris, hitting the
complete single, double,
triple, home-run cycle.
Giddings finished the sea-son
with a .322 average.
Junior captain Jeff Wil-son
pitched strongly on
Saturday against St. Tho-mas,
lowering his team
leading ERA to 2.84. The
success of the Royals this over last year's 3-10 rec-year
can be attributed di- ord.
rectly to solid pitching and As the Royals reflect on
excellent hitting. Team this season, it can be seen
batting leaders were Paul as a building year which
Lindberg .509, Dave Fauth brought forth a lot of indi-
.413 and Dave Mit roff victual talent as well as a
.375. very respectable 13-16
Bethel finished the sea- overall record.
son with a 7-10 conference Looking to the future,
record and a 13-16 mark Bethel fans can count on
overall. The excellent abil- an enthusiastic youthful
ity of first-year coach Tom team led by the dynamic
Wolcyn was a major fac- personality and coaching
for in the improvement ability of Tom Wolcyn.
Sports Events
Women's Track— May 21— Sarah Barker
competes in Nationals at Oakland, CA,
May 22— Finals of Nationals
Women's tennis finishes
seventh in state tourney
by Becky Dye
The Bethel women's ten-nis
team finished seventh
of eight at the Division III
State Tennis tournament
held at Carleton last week-end.
Bethel finished ahead
of St. Catherine's. Carle-ton
was first followed by
Gustavus and then St.
Olaf.
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Homey Scandinavian panels designed by Pam Peterson warm Doc's corner (photo by Doug Barkey).
Doc's corner warms up with artistic design
LEARNING RESOURCE CENTER
BETFIEL COLLEGE
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Three profs to refill
depleted Bible dept.
by Brad Nauman
The Biblical-theological
studies department has
announced the hiring of
three new teachers for the
1981-82 school year.
. John Herzog comes to
Bethel from Gordon Col-lege
in Boston, Mass.,
where he has taught for
many years. Herzog attend-ed
college at Wheaton Col-lege,
Wheaton, Ill. He re-ceived
his Ph.D. from Hart-ford
Seminary, Hartford,
Conn.
Herzog was named teach-er-
of-the-y'ear while teach-ing
at Gordon. Gordon Col-lege
is one of the most
highly respected Bible col-leges
in the U.S. •
At Bethel, Herzog will
teach "Introduction to Bib-lical
Studies," "Elemen-tary
Greek," and "Ad-vanced
Studies in New
Testament-Eschatology,"
the study of last things.
Wendell Anderson was
previously a Baptist Gen-eral
Conference missionary
to the Philippines. While
in the Philippines he served
as dean of the Cebu Semin-ary.
Anderson graduated
from Bethel College. He
went on to attend Fuller
Theological Seminary and
Princeton Theological Sem-inary.
At Bethel he will teach
two sections of "Introduc-tion
to Biblical Studies"
and "Studies in New
Testament-First Corin-thians."
Michael Holmes received
his undergraduate degree
from the University of
California-Santa Barbara.
He then attended Trinity
Theological Seminary and
is currently working on
his Ph.D. at Princeton
Theological Seminary. At
Princeton, he is working
under Bruce Metzger, one
of the leading Bible scho-lars
in the world.
Holmes will teach "In-troduction
to Biblical Stud-ies"
and "Studies In New
Testament."
Holmes' wife is current-ly
working on her Ph.D. in
business at Princeton, so
Holmes will not begin
teaching until spring sem-ester
next year.
These men will be re-placing
Cheryl Meltzer
Vernon Olson, Wayne Gru-den
and Walter Wessel who
will not be returning next
year.
Al Glenn, chairman of
the Biblical and theologi-cal
studies department,
attributed the high turn-over
in his department to
the fact that Bethel hires
very gifted scholars so
other schools recruit them
away from Bethel.
by Tim Wilbee
Over the years, the so-cial
enclave known as
Doc's corner has expand-ed
steadily; several weeks
ago, new additions of dec-orative
panels were in-stalled.
Pam Peterson,
painter in the maintenance
department, designed. the
panels and has been work-ing
on them this year. The
need for them arose when
cold drafts blew in from
open doors and down the
hallway past Roy Dalton's
popular "cookie store."
Dalton originally placed
plastic sheets in the hall-way
in an attempt to stop
the drafts, but the need for
a permanent block was
evident, and the mainten-ance
department was ask-ed
to come up with some-thing
more substantial. Pe-terson,
a 1979 art graduate
from Bethel, was asked to
design the panels.
"Having been a student
here," she said, "I know
what Doc's corner is
about." Given liberty to
vent her own creativity on
the project, she spent some
time deciding what to
paint on the panels. She
felt that due to the area's
wide exposure to people,
the designs should be ap-pealing
and acceptable to
a wide range of tastes. She
wanted something that
would also express the
whole idea of the "homey
feeling of Doc's," but yet
"something in which I
could hopefully express
some artistic ideas, pres-ent
something a little deep-er
than just a nice pretty
thing on th6 wall," she
said.
Peterson decided on de-signs
that would do all
this and have a Scandina-vian
accent besides. "I had
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Maintenance awakens to beep
The Visi-Com system alerts maintenance to problems with vital systems at Bethel before real
trouble begins (photo by Don Copeland).
by JoAnn Watkins
Over 10,000 feet of wire
and approximately 15 beep-ing
units make up what is
commonly referred to as
the beepers. The Visi-Com
system is part of an alert
system to problems on the
Bethel campus.
"All the vital s ystems
are hooked into this sys-tem,"
said Jim Woods, di-rec
tor of the physical
plant. He said someone is
on duty at all hours of the
'day and night to respond
to the alarm.
The system, installed in
1973, was designed and
installed by the mainte-nance
department. Woods
estimated this cost to be
one-tenth of the cost given
by outside contractors.
Electrician Harold Wat-kins
was one of the people
who developed the system.
Others involved in the de-velopment
include Reuben
Johnson, Stan Gunderson
and George Olson.
"It's security," said
Woods, "in the sense that
it protects human life and
protects human comfort.
It is also a savings in
manpower. We have con-tainment
of control in the
boiler room." Maintenance
can tell when a system
malfunctions.
Malfunctions in the aca-demic
buildings that can
be detected include the air
movement units for heat
and air conditioning, the
sewage lift stations and
the boiler. On the Visi-
Corn panel a light shows
the problem area. A con-nected
panel contains the
operating panel for air
movement units and al-lows
adjustments to be
made without a trip to the
roof.
The Visi-Com alarm will
sound with a boiler failure
at Nelson, Edgren, Bodien
or the seminary, Edgren
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Homosexual workshop emphasizes hope
Volume 56, Number 25
May 15, 1981
Bethel College
The Clarion is published weekly
by the students of Bethel College.
Editorial opinions are the sole
responsibility of the Clarion staff.
Letters are welcome, and must be
signed and delivered in P.O. 2381
by the Sunday before publication.
Joy Nannette Banta, editor
Jay Stuart Russell, associate editor
Sharie Goddard, news editor
Ellie Abbott, sports editor
Doug Barkey, photography editor
Mari Broman, copy editor
Art Gibbens, production editor
Suanne Hawkins, business manager
Patty Sutton, editorial assistant
JoAnn Watkins, staff writer
Naomi Ludeman, staff writer
Leann Kicker, staff writer
Beth Nystrom, graphics
Ted Lewis, columnist
Juan Ortiz, cartoonist
Kris Bratland, ad sales
We did it; we're done;
thank-you and farewell
Saying farewell has never been easy. This time it is
going to be even tougher. It seems like only yesterday
that the communications board was selecting the new
editor(s) for the 1980-81 schoolyear, and now our term
of office has expired.
We have had a good year. We have had a news-filled year,
a year that made it easy to put together newsworthy
accounts to fill twenty-five issues, seven of them 12-
pagers. There have been ups and downs, and we have
had our share of campus-stirring happenings. More
than once we did our "well-laid" plans take a 180-degree
turn as the fast-breaking news filtered in to our office.
This year's staff had several good acts to follow, and
we believe that we put on one of the best shows yet. We
couldn't have done it without help from students,
faculty, administration and staff. Thank you for your
cooperation, support, and criticism too.
There are awards of merit due to this editor's closest
and most capable assistants: Jay Russell, associate
editor and Shari Goddard, news editor, both graduating
seniors. Their patience and willing-to-work ways made
the job easier to handle. To Mari Broman, thanks for
catching all of our mistakes. To Ellie Abbott, your
ability to wring sports stories out of sports writers is amazing.
Our photography this year also deserves commen-dation:
Doug Barkey and Don Copeland never failed to
produce, in spite of the frustrations. Between the two of
them our photo spreads were never commonplace.
For fine efforts on production and graphics, Art
Gibbens and Beth Nystrom, we thank you. And our
three editorial assistants we never could have done
without: Patty Sutton, Leann Kicker and Naomi
Ludeman, the last two being next year's learning-fast-but-
well Clarion leaders.
Then there are all of the writers. Could we but name
them all. Your work will never be forgotten, and the
Clarion office typewriters will never be the same. .
One extra-special word of appreciation to our faculty
advisor, Mrs. M. (Alvera Mickelsen). She guided us from
novice uncertainty to knowledgable confidence. I
learned a lot, Mrs. M. Now we hand over our eraserless
pencils and. worn-ribboned typewriters to another
batch of beginners.
The Clarion stands as a sometimes shrill call, at other
times a mellow trumpeter. We have tried our best and
we hope have not been too hard on any one person or
group. Our controversy has been heated at times, but
then again our minds have not always been made up.
We apologize for hurt feelings, but we hope that Bethel
has become a better place because of our presence.
Bethel has its quirks, and so do the people in it; we
love it all, good, bad and indifferent. Nonetheless we
always hope for it to be something more.
No one wants to say good bye. It is hard to leave this
place; four years does something to a person. But, now
we go. Thanks. I almost wish I was a freshman again...
ii477a/n/natitivatv
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editorial
Doc's
from page 1
many ideas of things I
wanted to do down there.
The first things that came
to my mind were things
that I'd do personally in
my own artwork. But then
I thought those images
wouldn't really be appro-priate
for the area.
"So I went with the idea
of quilts. Each quilt could
carry a specific idea that I
felt Doc's corner was
about," she explained.
The panels were finish-ed
in time for the "SkCina
Maj Valkommen" festivi-ties
May 1-2 and have been
placed. permanently at
Doc's corner.
by Naomi Ludeman
"You can share anything
but that you're a homo-sexual
or prostitute," said
Mary McGowan, who had
previously been involved
in homosexual activities.
McGowan was one of four
speakers at a three-hour
workshop dealing with
ministering to homosex-uals.
The workshop began
with two testimonies from
former homosexuals. Jeff
Ford, a 1979 Bethel gradu-ate
in psychology, was the
first to speak. The beard-ed
young man explained
that he was not born with
sexual tendencies toward
males. It was, instead,
being "set up with the in-securities
of being male
but not macho." Peers la-beled
him as a sissy and a
queer because he did not
do the socially-stereotyped
male activities. "We need
to be more tolerant of dif-ferences,
to allow people
to be who they are," said
Ford.
Ford told of the fears
and frustrations he expe-rienced
in dealing with his
homosexual activities and
fantasies and knowing
that it was wrong. "I used
to cry at night asking God
why I had the feelings I
had."
Even after becoming a
Christian and marrying he
still had to deal with the
homosexual fantasies.
When he came to Bethel
Ford went to Dave Ander-son,
professor of psychol-ogy,
for counseling. "I was
really scared and thought
they would kick me out of
Bethel. Dave said I was
the third person that se-mester
to come in for
homosexuality counsel-ing,"
said Ford. "People
were willing to stand by
me and talk to me. I con-tinue
to grow and strug-gle."
When Ford and his wife
Kathy were married, Ka-thy
did not know that Jeff
was a homosexual. "I
thought that being married
and involved in a hetero-sexual
relationship would
end my homosexual de-sires.
But, after about three
months of marriage, they
came back," said Ford. Ka-thy's
reaction to Jeff's
problem was loving and
supportive. "My wife stood
by me. She told me she
loved me and wanted to
work through the problem.
She gets frustrated at
times. She is a wonderful
woman."
Ford is presently direc-tor
of counseling at Out-post,
a counseling agency
for individuals who desire
to break with the gay life-style,
and an associate
staff member at the Cen-ter
for Christian Psycho-logical
Services (CCPS).
Doug Briggs, associate pro-fessor
of theatre arts, coun-sels
at Outpost. An-derson
counsels at CCPS.
McGowen was the sec-ond
to give her testimony.
She is presently the Direc-tor
of Free Life Ministries,
under the covering of Cath-edral
of Praise in Blooming-ton,
Minn., which also coun-sels
the homosexual.
The main thrust of the
workshop was how to min-ister
to homosexuals. Rob-bi
Kenney, director and
founder of Outpost, pres-ented
this part of the
workshop. Kenney's points
on how to minister to
homosexuals are: 1) ex-plain
that homosexual acts
and fantasizes are sin, 2)
There is hope for change
through Christ, 3) It is not
an easy road to change, 4)
The objective is to point to
Jesus Christ for a cleans-ing—
not necessarily to
have normal hetffosexual
relationships. "The oppo-site
of homosexuality is
not heterosexuality, but
responsible sexuality,"
said Kenney. "We need a
rethinking -of sexuality.
Ford said, "Lusting after
women is no better than
lusting after men."
Kenney emphasized the
need to tell of hope to the
homosexual. "Homosexu-als
know the verses in the
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Twenty-nine sixth graders met their Silvercrest pen pals for lunch and a tour of the campus April 23.
Senate's new Inside/Out project
makes a slow start, then flops Bethel Budget
Revenue Expenditures Athletics compete
for budget monies
Correction
In the article concerning a recent sexual
assault on campus, reference was made to other
rapes of Bethel students. That information,
attributed to Tom Correll, refers to interviews
Correll has had with students about rape. The
acts themselves did not necessarily occur this
year or on this campus.
Page 3
Pen pals meet,
enjoy friendships
Since September, 29
sixth graders have been
exchanging weekly letters
with students at Bethel
College, but until April 23
many of the children had
not met their college pen
pals. The group of 58 met
together on the Bethel
campus for lunch, and the
college students gave the
children a tour of the
college.
This pen pal program
was organized by Kirstie
Dye, Silvercrest resident
director and elementary
school teacher in Brook-lyn
Center. She paired off
her sixth grade students
with the college students
in the apartment to give
her young students an op-portunity
to communicate
with someone they didn't
know, develop their writ-ing
abilities and meet some
emotional needs in a friend-ship.
She delivers the let-ters
and encourages the
pen pals to visit each
other, attend athletic
events or meet for meals.
"It's been fun for me to
be an older brother. I'm
the youngest son in my
family," said Joel Kraake-vik,
sophomore. "We plan
to keep in contact with
each other," said sopho-more
Tammy Engel, who
has enjoyed taking her pen
pal out to eat and to
hockey games.
A young project of the
'80-'81 Senate died vir-tually
unnoticed, willing
60 per cent of its holdings
to increase inside Bethel
security, and 40 per cent
to four organizations out-side
of Bethel. Some may
now recall Project Inside/
Out.
The senate designed the
project with specific goals
to meet inside needs at
Bethel such as an increase
of security and a clay jog-ging
trail. Some less spe-cific
goals but not less im-portant,
were aimed at or-ganizations
outside of Be-
Workshop
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Bible that abominate their
sin, but don't know about
verses of hope. They see
only condemnation."
Kenny and Chaplain
Joan Conrad from Ramsey
County Jail both discussed
the patience needed to
disciple with the homo-sexual.
"We must be wil-ling
to stand by them, to
be loving, to go the second
mile, to be patient. We
must be willing to accept
them as the first-class hu-man
beings that they are,"
said Conrad. "They were
made in God's image too.
We want to be understand-ing
and not offensive. But
we must stand by the word
of God."
A panel discussion with
Jeff Ford is being sched-uled
for next fall at Bethel.
thel, such as Young Life
and an inner city organi-zation.
The life of the project
itself was quite dependent
on support from both in-side
and outside from the
senate and outside from
the student body. That
support was insufficient,
and therefore the Inside/
Out Project folded and
has been put in the drawer
labelled, "Needing Funds
and Foresight."
In the first semester of
its life (Fall, 1980), Project
Inside/Out was nurtured
by Dave Lucas, Caryl
Brown and the other sen-ate
members. They in turn
introduced it to the stu-dent
body. The project was
Maintenance
from page 1
and Bodien are also con-nected
to the system for
low temperatures in water
heaters, roof fan shut-down,
freezing of roof
units and a fire alarm. The
fire alarm may be shut off
in the dorm but a light
remains lit on the panel
until maintenance investi-gates
the problem.
It is the responsibility
of the college maintenance
and cleaning crew to re-
. spond to the beeping
alarm. The alarm can only
be shut off on the panel in
the boiler room. Using a
code of short and long
beeps the department is
not budgeted, so it depend-ed
on the students for its
sustenance. The projected
goal was $30,000.00. Not
even $2,000.00 was pro-vided.
Funds received
came from the "garage
sales" held in the listening
room, and the "ROCKY"
movie night.
According to senate
member Larus Maxwell,
other similar fundraisers
were scheduled for nearly
every month. Due to com-plications
with scheduling
and problems of planning,
only a few of those antici-pated
ever made it to the
poster boards or Bethel
Bulletin.
Maxwell said that pro-jects
like Inside/Out re-able
to signal to a specific
employee that he is needed
in the shop. Wiring in each
of the trouble sites allows
maintenance to plug tele-phones
for direct Com-munication
while working
on problems.
The beepers, which go
On about three or four
times a week, save time
and work for the mainte-nance
department by lo-cating
the source of the
trouble, as in the case of
the air units, allowing it to
be corrected from the boil-er
room. The alarms report
trouble at the first sign,
allowing corrections to
begin before people are
even aware of the problem.
quire much planning. On-ly
three of the senators
involved had experience
from previous years to
help them know how to
plan. Furthermore, lack of
communication between
Project Inside/Out and the
Campus Coordinators com-plicated
the scheduling of
many fundraisers.
With this rather discour-aging
start, growth of the
project was stunted, and
plans for the future were
put on hold. Just recently,
the senate made decisions
concerning the allocation
of funds that were re-ceived.
As in the original
plans, 60 per cent of the
funds was allocated to
"inside" projects, and 40
per cent to "outside" pro-jects.
The original plan includ-ed
the building of a clay
jogging trail on campus
and the purchase of a
Kushman Kart for in-creased
security on cam-pus.
Also, the project plan-ned
to contribute to sev-eral
organizations outside
of Bethel.
by Jay Stuart Russell
Budget,
part 8 in a series of 8.
At first glance, the
budget for organized acti-vities
expenditures would
seem to spend much more
money on the male athlete
than it does on the indi-vidual
female athlete, by a
$137,000 to $40,000 mar-gin.
But according to
Mack Nettleton, director
of student affairs, the mo-nies
allocated comply
with title nine legislation.
Title nine is the federal
legislation requiring
equal treatment in all
school activities, includ-ing
athletics. (Organized
activities are just one of a
multi-faceted "other
sources" area of the Bethel
budget.)
"We've done an exten-sive
study on this," said
Nettleton. The difference
between the amounts of
money spent on men's and
women's sports account
for the fact that we have
more male participants
than female. We spend
just as much per partic-ipant
for women's sports
than we do in men's
sports.
Ten men's sports and
six women's sports corn-pete
for monies:
Men's sports
Baseball $9956
Basketball 22,171
Football
Golf
47, 2225709
Tennis 2600
Track 12,155
Cross Country 4920
Wrestling 9870
Soccer 6185
Hockey 19,880
Women's sports
Basketball
Cross Country
Softball
Track
Tennis
Volleyball
$8400
3650
4730
10,534
3000
9453
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Alice Johnson, 1911 Bethel alumna (photo by Doug Barkey).
1971 Bethel graduate Rick Berggren (photo by Joy Banta).
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Bethel Graduate Review.. Boxes substitute for chairs as Bethel slowly grows
11111111=111
by Joy Nannette Banta
"It is hard to remember
back that many years ago,"
she said. And indeed it
would be. Alice Johnson
graduated from Bethel Aca-demy
April 10, 1911. To
find a graduate from that
class was exciting, as Alice
is the only member of the
class still living. And live
she does.
Only three and a half
months short of being 89
years old, Alice appears
not a day over 65. She
lives in the Presbyterian
Home on Lake Johanna,
where she remains active
11111MINI
by Joy Nannette Banta
He hadn't planned on
staying. He only came for
two years and then was
going back to his native
California, but he found
his "niche at Bethel."
Rick Berggren "enjoyed
the atmosphere" at Bethel
and decided to stay, gra-duating
in 1971.
"I was involved in a num-ber
of things—student as-sociation,
lettermen's club,
Lamb's players, track—and
I really developed as a
in the Home's activities.
Her church home of 75
years is Trinity Baptist. "I
was baptized in February
of 1906," said Alice, and
she has been active ever
since.
There were eleven stu-dents
in the class of 1911.
"Nine boys and two girls,"
Alice said. Later-to-be-pres-ident
of the college Henry
Wingblade was one of the
teachers at the academy,
and "Freda Swanson was
our German teacher,"
Alice said with a reminis-cent
smile.
"We sat on boxes in the
classroom," she said, be-cause
they didn't have any
desks and chairs yet—the
school was still young. Ac-cording
to Alice, "the
school was surrounded by
woods then. It was not so
built up as it is now."
Alice recalls riding the
street car from her home
to school every day. The
academy was then located
on Carter Avenue in St.
Paul.
Alice did not receive a
degree from the academy;
the school was not a col-lege,
per se, then. "I re-person,"
said Rick. He be-lieved
that he developed
his abilities to a greater
degree at Bethel than he
would have had he gone to
a bigger school, such as
California State-Berkeley,
where he intended to
transfer.
Rick doesn't believe that
dedicating himself to four
years of liberal arts col-lege
was a drawback, as
the tendency was to en-courage
specialization in
business at the time. He
received his B.A. in speech-communication,
and when
he went out job hunting, he
insisted that he was trai-nable,
even though he
didn't have a business de-gree.
And it worked. Rick is
presently employed as a
manufacturing representa-tive
for Allied Manufac-turing.
He represents 12 to
15 different manufacturers
of consumer electronics.
He has been in that posi-tion
for only two months,
but prior to that he worked
in retailing for seven years
ceived a diploma, but not
degree," she said. And
graduation ceremonies
were held at Bethlehem
Baptist, where Reverend
Bodien (as in the dorm!)
pastored.
Alice's husband Arthur
died only two months ago,
leaving an empty bed in
their comfortable room at
the Home. Alice spoke
with tears in her eyes of
the almost 63 years she
and Arthur were married.
They have one son, Allen,
who attended Bethel and
then went on to the Uni-versity
of Minnesota.
Allen has one daughter,
Pam, and one son, Bradley,
who is a 1978 Bethel grad-uate.
Alice was obviously
proud of her grandchild-ren,
as well she might be.
Pam attended the Univer-sity
of Minnesota, then Be-thel
Seminary and finally
Yale, where she received
two degrees and is now
working on her disserta-tion
for her doctorate in
Old Testament studies.
Pam also married the chap-lain
at Yale, who is now
the director of ministries
of the New England Bap-and
import/export trade
for two.
Going to school in the
late '60s and early '70s
fOund students in the mid-dle
of the Vietnam war,
draft and registration,
ecolOgy and earth concerns,
the Jesus People movement
and minority enrollment.
It was an exciting time to
be in college, according to
Rick.
"As a Christian college,
Bethel struggled with in-volvement
in the war,"
said Rick. The students
were pulled toward paci-fism,
on one hand, and a
desire to protect what they
felt was right. "There were
protests up and down
Snelling Avenue, people
were writing conscientious-objector
papers and some
people took off fdr Can-ada,"
he said.
Rick was involved in
numerous activities, but
particularly in sports. He
was either participant or
spectator at most sporting
events. "I went to every
Bethel football game that
tist Student Ministries.
Bradley, a former busi-ness
administration ma-jor,
is now working as
the vice-president of his
grandfather's company,
Pefco, Inc., an architectur-al
paneling and porcelain-enameled
products pro-ducer.
Arthur Johnson
turned his business over
to his son Allen who is
now president of the cor-was
at home or in the vic:
inity," he said. But in four
years of college Rick never
saw Bethel win. They only
won two or three games
during those years, and
those games were all away.
Married since 1972, Rick
and his wife Diane just
had a baby boy April 13.
He weighed ten pounds,
poration.
Alice worked closely
with her husband to devel-op
their company wich has
grown considerably in
both size and production
capabilities. But Alice ne-ver
worked outside of the
home, finding her place ahs
mother, wife and home-maker.
Now she carries on
in that capacity, keeping
house herself at the Home.
one ounce and was 23
inches long. "He's a big
boy," said Rick.
Diane listened while
Rick discussed his life at
Bethel and commented, "It
sounds like everything you
did. at Bethel was all so-ciak
nothing academic."
Riclereplied, "I did fine."
And that he did, devel-
"They come in and vacuum
once a week," she said.
Alice and Arthur have
supported Bethel for many
years. Their reason: "It's a
good Christian school."
Alice believes that Bethel
is a good school. Referring
to her own class, Alice
said in her warm-humored
way, "We all made it any-way."
()ping relationships that he
finds long-lasting. "We
still get together with
people from school. Three
other guys and I get to-gether
on Saturdays in the
summer and play golf," he
said. "There is a special
bond because of Christ.
It's neat. There is very
special relationship."
70s' campus struggles in a time of protest
Carl Wahl. 1921 Bethel alumnus (photo by Doug Barkey).
Students older
in post-WWI,I era
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...1911,21,31,41,51,61,5i
c\I 1111 Road to dream begins at Bethel
by Shari Goddard
When Carl Wahl was
four, he walked through a
garden with his father.
"Are you going to be gar-dener
when you grow up?"
his father asked.
"No, I'm going to be a
doctor," the child answer-ed.
But, seventy-seven years
ago that dream was impos-sible
in Sweden. Although
his family lived com fort ab-
1•1101111111
by Joy Nannette Banta
There might not be any-thing
significant about not
getting married, but when
you meet the girl of your
dreams and can't get mar-ried,
the situation takes on
new meaning. Alrik Blom-quist
thought the most mem-orable
experience of his
years at Bethel was find-ing
his wife.
But they couldn't get
married. Why? The school
said "No." Alrik Blom-quisl
graduated from Beth-el
in 1941, and at that time
you couldn't get married
while you were a student.
It was a requirement of
the college and seminary.
"The lifestyle was much
stricter then," said Alrik.
"The rules were more
stringent, but they didn't
really lie us down," he
ly as farmers, the Wahls
did not have the money to
send a child further than
the public school's sixth
grade. "I had absolutely
no chance to do anything
in Sweden," Wahl said. So,
at 18, he came to America.
One and a half years af-ter
joining six relatives in
the U.S., 'Wahl started on
the road to his dream by
enrolling in Bethel Acade-my.
He graduated in 1921
and went on to Macalester
College and the Universi-ty
of Minnesota medical
school-.
"A.J. Wingblade, then
professor at Bethel Aca-demy,
called me one day,"
Wahl said. Fifty dollars
had been anonymously do-nated
to the school toward
Wahl's tuition. It was not
until years later that he
found the doner had been
his aunt, a surgical nurse.
added. He thought that
Bethel was great, and not
being able to get married
right away was not a big
problem.
Bethel was considerably
smaller in the early 1940s.
"There were about 180
students in the college and
seminary," said Alrik.
There were only 13 in his
seminary graduating class.
(Bethel was a junior col-lege,
with a seminary, at
the time. He attended the
college for two years and
then went on to the semi-nary
for three years.)
In spite of its small size
the college had developed
a newspaper—the Clarion.
a yearbook—the Spire,
conference-competitive
baseball and basketball
teams, and a 28-voice male
chorus. Alrik involved
himself in all of these
things.
Upon graduating with a
bachelor's degree in theol-ogy,
Alrik joined the Ar-my.
After three years of
active duty. in World War
II Alrik joined the reserves
as chaplain, where he
served for another 30
years, retiring in 1976 as a
colonel.
"Bethel had a tremendous
impact on me," Wahl said.
"You were accepted and
treated like human beings."
Especially important to
him were the Wingblades,
H.C. and A.1.1 felt toward
those Wingblades as I did
toward my own father.
They were Bethel," he said.
Then these two friends
kept in close touch with
Wahl and he became their
physician.
For the sixty years since
his graduation, Wahl has
kept in close contact with
the school. He served on
the board for several
years, including when
members decided to buy
the new campus.
When discussing growth
at Bethel, Wahl said, "I
think 'Isn't that wonder-ful?'
God must have liked
it, because He sure let it
grow."
As a conference Baptist,
Bethel was the logical
place for Alrik to go to
school, once he had decid-ed
to go into the ministry.
"Bethel is (and was) a good
training school," he said.
To reaffirm his desires
to enter the ministry Alrik
spent two summers work-ing
on the mission field in
northern Minnesota, work-ing
with both Indians and
whites. "I felt that two
years up there were an'
influence on my feelings
that the ministry was what
I wanted," he said.
Since then he has had
four pastorates, three in
Minnesota and one in
Iowa. He gives Bethel cre-dit
for his preparation for
the ministry: "I appreciate
the training I got there."
Alrik's wife, the Bethel
girl he finally got to mar-ry,
Harriette (Fossum),
graduated from Bethel af-ter
completing the Chris-tian
education course.
They have two children, a
boy and girl.
Alrik got to know not
only Harriette at Bethel.
"We got to know every-body,"
he said. "I thought
it was great." Bethel has
been "people" for a long
time.
When looking back on
what he has accomplished
since graduation from Be-thel,
Wahl is satisfied. He
specialized in surgery and
obstetrics and has deliver-ed
over 1800 babies. He
and his wife Julia have
raised three children of
their own.
"I've been happy all my
life in what I've been do-ing.
Some of the things
I've done to be able to do
things (like working long
hours during school) have
been tough," he added.
"Bethel, basically, is the
same as before. But there
have been changes in edu-cation
and lifestyle. I still
believe Bethel is a place
where God is placed first.
I've had no reason to
change that." Ira=
r11111=11
by Shari Goddard
While 1951 graduate Win-ifred
McClure enjoys search-ing
for her family's roots,
she does not neglect the
future. Her first grandson,
19-month-old David, re-cently
spent a weekend
with grandparents Mc-
Clure and her husband
Harold. "He ran us ragged
Winifred McClure, 1951 Bethel
alumna.
all weekend," McClure
said, chuckling.
McClure decided to come
to Bethel to get the Bible
courses necessary for mis-sionary
work. "I had first
thought about going to a
Bible school," she said. Her
pastor instead suggested
Bethel.
Though she never did
get to the Philippines as
she had planned, she does
not regret four years of a
liberal arts education. "I
was a much broader per-son
because of all that ex-posure
to different fields
and experiences," McClure
said.
"I came from a non-Chris-tian
home," she said, add-ing
that the people she met
at Bethel helped broaden
and strengthen her Chris-tian
stand.
"I have a feeling that
Bethel moves a lot faster
than it did when I was
there," McClure said, re-flecting
on the changes
since her graduation. Since
office information is now
on computers, she said, "It
used to take longer before
things could be done." She
said she remembers hear-ing
when TV was first being
tested. "We just couldn't
believe it."
McClure waited five
years after graduation
from high school before
she went on to college.
Since she came immediate-ly
after World War II,
however, she was only one
of many other older stu-dents
on campus. The col-lege
did not offer all of the
Bible courses she needed,
so she took some classes
at the seminary—then on
the same campus.
"I remember one time
when Dr. Lundquist was a
guest speaker," McClure
said, "He had a great im-pact
on the campus." She
said the one thing she
wished she had done, but
did not have time for, was
sing in one of the choirs. A
part-time job and busy
classes schedule kept her
from that goal.
The McClure's spend
time traveling all over the
country "digging up the
family history." She and
her sister started the hob-by
after their mother's
death. When they disco-vered
an ancestor who
fought in the American
Revolution Washington at
Valley Forge), McClure
joined the Daughters of
the American Revolution.
"If I didn't work, I'd spend
all of my time working on
my family history. But you
have to eat," she said.
More features
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40s lifestyle stricter,
Bethel training good
Photo essay by Doug Barkey and Don Copela nd.
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The way it was...1977.
***:
Quick dive into an overflowing creek...1980
I have been able to integrate my education, specifi-cally
in biochemistry concerning DNA replication in
bacteria and viruses, with the four years that I have
spent on this campus. I have decided that Bethel is like a
virus, because even though you may not appreciate or
desire its presence in your life...it kind of grows on you.
Todd Magnuson I I I
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P A
My college experience
has been like a child's ini-tial
step. As an insecure
freshman I came to explore
the new world around me.
Even though I wanted to
get my hands into every-thing.
I hesitated to let go
of a' newly found friend's
hand for fear that I would
fall.
When I released myself
from her grasp, my falls
became painful, but,
through encouragement
from peers and instruc-tors,
I could stand. Once
standing became the norm,
I was able to stabilize
myself in my opinion and
walk forth with dignity.
Although life allows me to
fall, my Bethel experience
has taught to pick myself
up off the ground and
walk!
Julie Reden baugh I I Leaving Bethel this spring has been an event that I
have long anticipated. The closer the time comes (nine
days from the date of this paper), the anticipation is
growing into uncontrollable excitement. Three finals,
and I will be an official college graduate (only to start a
graduate program).
I have experienced growing pains while here at
Bethel. I have begun to realize the complexities of this
world and the awesome task of creating my role in it. I
am thankful for the guidance of the faculty members I
have studied under, but I am even more grateful for the
encouragement and tools they have provided me with 11
to explore my tradition and the world around me.
Bethel is a starting point, an institutions to train the
mind to discover the world and my relation to it.
Becky Dye
Loser's Lament
There once was at Bethel a freshman
Who said of the women, "I'll get one!"
He ended up losing
The girl of his choosing
Deciding instead he would have fun.
Pursuing the pleasure he yearned for
Made studying hard for this sophomore.
He said at exam time,
"I must find the right line.
To use to escape this most dread chore."
Surprising himself that he made it
To a third year—his hopes weren't yet faded.
He once tried to study
' told by a -buddy
That his brain wouldn't work if you paid it.
Reviewing his school with sorrow.
With commencement commencing tomorrow:
"You should do with your time
More than I've done with mine"
Was his sage advice we all can borrow.
—Jonathan Yahn
L 0 0 N
B A C
I can't believe how quickly these past four years at
Bethel have raced by. It seems like yesterday was
Welcome Week and I had just started college life, with
my numerous expectations and endless anticipation. I
have greatly appreciated the growth which has come
through the struggles, relationships, and the challenges
available here.
Bethel isn't perfect, and a lot needs to change, but
what I'd really like to say is that we often times forget
that Bethel has got a lot going for it, that we have
opportunities here not found elsewhere, and as a part of
this community we too have a lot going for us. I'm proud
to have been a part of Bethel.
Caryl Brown
,70 ES
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beats 30s streetcars
11' Overcrowded housing
a problem in 60s, too
111.1.11.1
by Jay Stuart Russell
Bethel students in 1981
may complain about tak-ing
the Bethel bus to school,
but in 1931 it was the
streetcar for many stu-dents.
Maureen Hedland,
1931 Bethel graduate, was
one student who took the
streetcar to school to what
was then Bethel Academy,
"I lived at home with
my parents then—the
school didn't have dormi-tory
housing for us." Mau-reen
said she took the
street car or the city buses
to school, and walked part
of the way. She went to
Edison High School in Min-neapolis
for three years,
then transferred to Bethel
her senior year.
"All the classes were
held in the school building
on the southwest side of
the campus. I used to get
the giggles in my short-hand
class, and the class
couldn't go on until I quit
giggling," she said. "Our
teacher used to play these
Swedish marches when we
typed," she said, laughing.
"I took commercial
courses so I could make a
living when I graduated."
Jobs were almost non-exis-tent
then. The depression
had brought on hard times,
and I had a hard time find-ing
a job iifter high school."
see page 11
by Jay Stuart Russell
Overcrowding and lack
of housing have been a
Bethel tradition through-out
the 70s, ever since Be-thel
relocated to its pres-ent
Arden Hills campus,
but the situation was the
same when 1961 Bethel
graduate Philip Peterson
started school at Bethel:
three students to a room in
double occupancy rooms.
"Bethel was expanding
the dormitories on old
campus, and the exten-sions
weren't finished
when I started school in
1957," Phil said. Both the
college and seminary were
located on old campus,
with additions being built
on Bodien and Elgin
dorms.
Phil said the Bodien ex-pansion
housed the new
cafeteria, and until con-struction
was finished a
few months later, students
ate at Bethel's temporary
cafeteria across the st reel,
in a building on the state
fairgrounds.
Student enrollment was
near the 500-mark when
he began school at Bethel.
"That was the pre-Viet=
nam, pre-civil rights era;
we had no major causes
On campus then. The
beatnik generation was
just getting- started." He
said the national issue
which stuck out in his
mind the most were the
Nixon-Kennedy debates,
and the election of 1960.
Phil said attitudes tow-ard
movies changed rather
abruptly while he was at
Bethel. "People spoke in
whispered tones about
going to movies when I
first started school in '57.
But by the time I was a
senior, professors were
speaking about them in
classes, suggesting good
movies for students to
see."
"We had our pranks,
too," he added. "A couple
of guys took all the furni-ture
out of Ekren and re-established
the lounge on
the dorm's roof. A few
other students took all the
cafeteria trays and hid
them for a few days. It
was a little inconvenient
for a while."
Phil said he was presi-dent
of his senior class
and chairman of the home-coming
committee while
at Bethel, and ran track
and football. He majored
in sociology, with a minor
in political science. He is
currently vice-president of
an organization which coun-sels
mental health and
chemical dependency pa-
Margaret Lundholm, 1931 Bethel graduate (photo by Doug tients.
Barkey).
WildHoney and Camel Hair A A%
by Ted Lewis
"All right. So you say you believe that Jesus Christ
lived, was crucified and rose from the dead, do you?"
"Ya, that's right."
"Words. Words! That's all."
"No it's not. I believe those things really happened in
history."
"Okay then. Events. Events! What of it?
"Well, for one thing, when you believe in those events,
they change your life."
"Change is right. It screws up your head. Man,
compared to the rest of us Americans, you Christians
don't live any different."
"That's not true. Christians are supposed to live
differently than others and set good examples."
"Supposed to? The only thing that makes you Chris-tians
different is your jargon. And you hang around in
groups of people who know the jargon."
"We need each other, that's why. As we learn to be
unified in love, we can better reach out to help others."
"Words. Words! Listen, until I see it with my own
eyes, you're no different than anyone else in our
country."
*****
The safest chameleon is the one which best blends
into its leafy surroundings, so as to not be noticed. The
safest Christians are the ones who best blend into their
cultural surroundings.
And let's face it. Who wants to be eaten up? To keep
safe, we have to live in ways so as to not be noticed.
But if we do such, let's stop fooling ourselves in
thinking we're different because we're Christians. For
example, if we espouse the American drive for af-fluence
and undisturbed self-fulfillment, we value
earthly treasurers instead of eternal treasures. Our
hearts, which reside in the things we value, are just as
earth-bound as most Americans.
How we invest our energies will show the things we
value. As we approach our futures, do we prepare for
vocations which best allow us to give help to the needs
of society? To what extent do we invest our energies
in matters of eternal significance beyond temporal
concerns?
How is it that we can live like Americans and still call
ourselves different? It's because we say we believe in
the truth of the gospel. But I'm skeptical here. The
reason we can blend into our culture is because we hold
false conceptions of truth and belief.
We learn things from sermons and books and say we
know - truth. And then we nod our heads 'yes' to the
truth and say we believe. And then we're satisfied.
The Biblical picture of truth and belief, however, is
quite different. The emphasis is on 'doing' truth to know
it. And for such truth to be practiced, our believing
must go beyond nodding our heads to bear upon our
choices.
Going back to laying up earthly or eternal treasures.
If we believe in eternal life by merely nodding our
heads, our lives won't he changed. Despite what we say
with Mil' mouths, we will still value temporal ful-fillment
above all else.
But if we believe in eternal life by letting such a hope
grip our lives, we will be changed. Such a heart-felt
belief will free us up to invest our energies into helping
people who desperately need help. It allows us to
display love, the summation of truth lived out, and
thereby make us attractively different in our society.
"If any of us has material possessions and sees others
in need but has not compassion for them, how can the
love of God be in us? Lel us not love with words or
longue but with actions and in truth. This ihen is how
we know that we belong to 1 he truth .. .."
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Bethel groundsman Ron Sprecher presented Bethel with a chain
saw last week. Directoi of Physical Plant Jim Woods gladly
received the gift (photo by Doug Barkey).
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John G. Chisholm
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INSURANCE
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St. Paul, MN 55101
by Mary Swisher
The copy service at Beth-el
is supervised by Mike
Olson, junior. Olson took
this year off to work full-time.
He plans to continue
work in the fall, picking
up a night class or two.
Olson started working
in February, taking over
the. service previously su-pervised
by Judy Jensen.
She was supervisor this
past fall and interim.
"Jensen instituted a lot
of new policies that at first
received a few complaints
but now have made the
copy service a more effi-cient
operation," said Ol-son.
He said, "If people only
knew the amount of mater-ial
that goes through here,
it would surprise them.
There is usually a build-up
of Iwo or three hours of
work to be done, so il is
important that we are giv-en
enough lime to get the
job•done."
The copy service, using
wo copy machines; a Xer-ox
9200 and the Savin, have
made up to 1,670,906 copies
in a total of five months.
Olson also said he has
moved up to 18,000 pounds
of paper in one day.
Olson and his staff serve
98 full-lime faculty, 48
part-lime faculty, Bethel
staff, administration, sem-inary
people and students.
The copy service occa-sionally
does an order for
Northwestern or so (l)e of
the other local colleges that
do not have a Copy service
of their own.
Services available in-clude
copying, back-to-back,
transparencies, re-duction
from as large as
11" x 17", cutting, drilling
and folding paper as well
as dittos; !Aids and card
stocks. All the work in I he
copy service is done by
Olson and five students.
Olson handles most of the
special problems, special
rush orders, pricing, bil-ling
and any minor repairs
On the machines.
"Paul Drake, who is in
charge of auxiliary enter-prises,
which includes the
food service and copy ser-vice,
has been trying to
upgrade the rating of the
supervisory position in the
copy service for the past
few years," said Olson.
By next fall the copy ser-vice
should have leased
what is called the Xerox
9500. This is a machine
that will bring up the copy-ing
to a superb quality.
The machine is more com-plex
and has a built-in corn-puter
to diagnose any prob-lem
it might have. It will
also reduce copying time.
Olson said, "I like work-ing
at Bethel because the
atmosphere is good. All the
students that work for me
are super and can handle
most any problem that
comes up."
by Ellie Abbott
The women's soccer
team finished its first sea-son
with an impressive
showing at I he University
of Minnesota tournaments.
The women played three
games on Saturday losing
to Gustavus, 2-1, and to the
University of Minnesota,
3-0. Bul, in the third
game of the (lay, they came
back and (lumina I ed
Luther College to win the
game, 3-1.
Sunday, the Royals de-feated
Augsburg and won
by forfeit over St. Cloud.
Coach Tom Persico re-flected
on the first season
with optimistic thoughts
and said, "I was extremely
pleased with their pro-gress,
especially towards
the end of the season and
into the tournament. They
dominated and intimidated
their opponents very well.
I am really looking for-ward
to next year and hope
I ha I everyone will return."
from page 10
Maureen said she eventu-ally
landed a job at Day-ton's.
Were the classes hard?
"I got good marks at Edi-son
and at Bethel, too, but
Henry (Wingblade) was a
low marker. He always
gave me "C" pluses." Wing-blade
taught English at
Bethel Academy.
"I remember one stu-dent,"
Maureen said, "who
by Ellie Abbott
The men's track team
finished the season with a
fine performance by plac-ing
fifth out of nine teams
Women's- track,
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Bethel was ranked eighth
going into the tournament.
Bethel's number one sin-gles
player Kathy Lee,
freshman, was seeded
fourth. Lee advanced to
the semi-finals and was
defeated by a second-seed-ed
Gustavus woman in
two, 6-3 and 6-2.
Lee said, "It was a tough
match; it was a surprise to
get invited to the tourna-ment,
and it would have
been an upset to beat her."
Sara Runion won in the
first round, as did the Lee-
Runion doubles team. Kris
Back I uncl was also success-ful
in the first round.
wanted to borrow his pen,
and said to Henry, "I'd
borrow your pen, but all it
will write is "C" plus.' He
was a superb teacher,
though," she added.
Forty students graduat-ed
from Bethel Academy
in 1931. "The graduation
ceremony was held at
Elim Baptist, my home
church," she said.
Not only have the corn
mencement exercises
in the MIAC last weekend.
Hamline won the meet and
its eighth straight MIAC
track championship with
190 points.
Senior Paul Otto broke
a conference record in the
100-meter dash, taking
first place with a time of
10.87. Otto also won the
200-meter dash clocked at
22.47.
The 440-relay team, con-sisting
of Jay Constable,
Tim Snyder, Mike Dirks
and Otto, placed third.
The mile-relay team of
Tom Plocker, Dave Jorgen-son,
Don Hauser and Mike
Dirks, also placed third.
In the field events, Ken
Cooper threw the javelin
190 feet, capturing second
place. Sophomore Jason
Velgersdyk took sixth
changed since 1931, but -
the school work was dif-ferent,
too. "We had Sun-days
and Mondays off, but
went to school Tuesday
through Saturday."
Maureen said her most
vivid memory at Bethel
was the fun she had.
"I sang in the chorus
and liked to ,9,o - to chapel. I
made quite A few friends.
and still have many of
those friendships today."
place in the high jump.
Coach Dave Anderson
was satisfied with his
team's performance and
commented, "The best we
could have done was fifth
place, and we took fifth
place, so I was pleased
with our performance."
The Royals had a young
track team this year, but
efforts paid off. Reflecting
on the season, Coach An-derson
said, "I do believe
our team attitude was
good, and, given the talent
we had, we reached our
optimal level of perfor-mance.
In that respect, we
had a satisfactory season.
We have certain goals
which we would like to
reach next year, so I am
looking forward to that."
Olson copies Bethe
with staff of five
Bethany Baptist Church
Cleveland and Skillman Avenues, Roseville, Mn
Worship Service at 11:00 AM
Sunday School at 9:30 AM (Special College-age)
Evening Service at 6:00 PM Church Telephone
631-0211 Dr. Millard Erickson
Bethel Seminary Professor
Interim Pastor
Trackmen end 5th of MIAC
iJ
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Sension, Otto chosen as Clarion Athletes of the Year
by Ellie Abbott
The Clarion staff is
pleased to congratulate
Debra Sension, female ath-lete
of the year.
Athletics have always
been an important part of
Sension's life. During high
school, she participated in
volleyball and spring track
for four years.
When she came to Bethel,
she decided to attempt a
new sport, so she began
her four-year basketball
career. Sension played for-ward
and was captain of
the team her junior year.
Basketball coach Marcia
LaRock reflected upon the
years she has coached Sen-sion,
saying, "Deb began
playing basketball her
freshman year with no ex-perience,
and it is amazing
how far she has come along
in four years. She has been
a valuable member of the
team."
During Sension's fresh-man
year at Bethel, she
was positioned as short-stop
on the softball team,
but her heart was still in
track. For the next three
years she was an extreme-ly
active member of the
track team.
Sension holds the Be-thel
outdoor high jump
record and shares the in-door
high jump record. She
also holds the heptathlon
record. The heptathlon
consists of seven events:
100-meter hurdles, shot-put,
discus, high jump,
long jump, 200-meter run
and 800-meter run. Sen-sion
placed in the heptath-
Ion at the state meet this
year.
Although she is active
in athletics at Bethel, Sen-sion
is also busy in aca-demics.
She is a biology
and physical education
major and has been a student
trainer this year, in addi-tion
to her heavy schedule.
In addition to Sension's
four-year involvement in
the athletic program at Be-thel,
she has represented
Bethel well. Her dedica-tion,
loyalty and Christian
spirit has set a fine exam-
. pie for other athletes both
at Bethel and competing
schools.
Congratulations, Deb!
Senior Deb Sension has been dedicated to basketball for four years, softball for one year, and track
for three years (photo by Don Copeland).
by Ellie Abbott
Senior Paul Otto re-ceives
the congratulations
of the Clarion staff as the
male athlete of the year.
Sprinting specialist Paul
Otto began his track ca-reer
in high school where
he participated in track
for four years. He still
holds the state high school
record in the 220 yard dash
(21.7).
Otto began college at
the University of Iowa and
transferred as a biology
major to Bethel his sopho-more
year. Since then he
has been a member of the
Bethel track team and was
voted as captain this year.
Otto holds a total of
eight Bethel records for
indoor and outdoor track.
His records include a time
of 10.65 in the 100-meter
dash, 18.3 in the 176-me-ter
dash and 21.45 in the
200-meter dash, which is
also a conference record.
Otto holds records in
the 300-meter and 300-
yard dash records at 36.5
and 31.5 seconds, in the
400-meter in the 48.5 sec-conds
and in the indoor 440-
yard run in 50.9 seconds.
He is a member of the 440-
relay team which also
holds a Bethel record.
Although the track sea-son
does not begin until
January, Otto trains dur-ing
the fall in preparation
for track. Otto does have a
natural ability, but his dil-igence
and devotion to
track pays off.
Track Coach Dave An-derson
has enjoyed work-ing
with Otto and believes
he has been a good leader
for the team. He said, "Paul
has provided a positive
leadership for a team that
is predominantly fresh-man
and sophomores. He
was a leader who served .
for the team, which is what
a good captain should do.
Paul has been a success in
track, but, most important,
I am pleased that Paul will
be a success in life. He has
been good for the track
program, and the track
program has been good for
him; this is a beautiful
relationship."
Congratulations, Paul! Senior Paul Otto broke a conference meet record in the 100 meter dash last Saturday with a blazing
time of 10.65 (photo by Don Copeland).
B-B ends building year with 13-16 record
by Mark Wollan
The Bethel baseball team
finished its 1981 season
last week with four tough
losses. In spite of the Roy-als'
difficult finish, there
were many individual
achievements which reflect
an overall successful sea-son.
Junior shortstop Bob
Giddings' performance
was an indication of where
the Royals intend to go as
they establish themselves
as a power in the MIAC.
Giddings went four for
four in the first game on
Thursday against Minne-sota-
Morris, hitting the
complete single, double,
triple, home-run cycle.
Giddings finished the sea-son
with a .322 average.
Junior captain Jeff Wil-son
pitched strongly on
Saturday against St. Tho-mas,
lowering his team
leading ERA to 2.84. The
success of the Royals this over last year's 3-10 rec-year
can be attributed di- ord.
rectly to solid pitching and As the Royals reflect on
excellent hitting. Team this season, it can be seen
batting leaders were Paul as a building year which
Lindberg .509, Dave Fauth brought forth a lot of indi-
.413 and Dave Mit roff victual talent as well as a
.375. very respectable 13-16
Bethel finished the sea- overall record.
son with a 7-10 conference Looking to the future,
record and a 13-16 mark Bethel fans can count on
overall. The excellent abil- an enthusiastic youthful
ity of first-year coach Tom team led by the dynamic
Wolcyn was a major fac- personality and coaching
for in the improvement ability of Tom Wolcyn.
Sports Events
Women's Track— May 21— Sarah Barker
competes in Nationals at Oakland, CA,
May 22— Finals of Nationals
Women's tennis finishes
seventh in state tourney
by Becky Dye
The Bethel women's ten-nis
team finished seventh
of eight at the Division III
State Tennis tournament
held at Carleton last week-end.
Bethel finished ahead
of St. Catherine's. Carle-ton
was first followed by
Gustavus and then St.
Olaf.
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